Check out Katie Cooke‘s funny ambrotype crash course/primer: 20 steps to ambrotype victory… Or: How not to make ambrotypes at Photocritic.

Check out Rob‘s DIY 555-based remote timer for Canon SLRs! He says: Canon makes a SLR camera remote timer that sells for a couple hundred dollars. Using inspiration from various web sites I built one for myself using about $15 worth of parts from RadioShack. First, it is a simple wired camera remote control. Just [...]

Stitching software and digital cameras make panoramic photos far easier than ever before. However, to get the best results, you need a special tripod head. These can cost hundreds of dollars, but making your own isn’t that hard. Even better, it’s dirt cheap. Read instructions at Worth1000 Via LifeHacker, with thanks to wabewalker

Paul Beard posted a how-to for converting an old folding 6×9 120 Foldex 20 camera to use a pinhole instead of a lens and adding a cable release. Even if you’re an old hand at pinhole conversions, you may want to check out his elegant cable release design. "After kvetching about the pictures of other [...]

"In the following article, I will demonstrate how to make your own flash mounted, home made softbox. You will need two good hands, and some patience, but your reward will be a nice softbox for the cost of only 3-4 dollars…" Continue reading at DIYPhotography.net Via MAKE Blog

The Lex 35/T100′s shutter cocking mechanism is coupled to its film advance, so reliable multiple exposures are out on a stock model. If you’ve got a screwdriver, a metal coat hanger, a pair of pliers, and some tape, this is not a problem. This will show you how to add a key that will cock [...]

Fine art photographer Holly F. Dupré, has published an e-book, Polaroid Image Transfers – Tools & Techniques. It’s clearly written, covers everything from film and paper characteristics to manipulations to mounting and reproduction for press. Essentially, this is an ass-kicking document from start to finish. And it’s free! Thank you Ms. Dupré! Continue to the [...]

Check out Tom Persinger’s excellent instructions, with step-by-step photos, for making your own ground glass on the f295 DIY Photography Forum. Via Katie Cooke

Canon just launched a new mini-site dedicated to flash photography with the EOS/EOS Digital + Speedlite combo. It also has a Lighting Techniques section with diagrams and example photos that applies to flash in general. Also, I strongly recommend that anyone using EOS flash—on film or digital bodies—read NK Guy’s excellent article, Flash Photography with [...]